not picking on you but i want to say a couple of things, fruit isn’t exactly healthy carb for diabetics, its loaded with simple sugar (fructose usually). fruits are also rich in antioxidants and fiber too, which are absolutely essential for the health of your GI tract, cancer prevention etc, but fruit isn’t considered “healthy carb” to pig out on if someone has diabetes or is trying to lose weight.
secondly, the detox/cleansing business is even more of a fad than carb-elimination. not a single medical professional or dietician will recommend anything which has the word “detox” or “clease” in it. it sounds fancy, but really.. almost all your pesticide residues and what not are fat soluble and end up in your body-fat stores than in your colon or whatever a week of stinky overboiled cabbage and juiced wheat grass etc will “cleanse”. the best detox is to not have big fat reserves.
Make a rule, don’t eat any type of carbs after 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
Besides running, jogging and skipping do pilates exercise for belly fat. There are some videos on youtube but they’re all crappy so try to get your hands on Susan Bowen’s dvd (Blast off Belly Fat).
This only goes to show that even though people with diabetes can’t have unlimited amount of carbs NO diabetic patient has ever been told to go on a carb free diet because one NEEDS carbs.
its a misunderstanding/over-simplification of something else.
if you skip breakfast or eat insufficient carbs early in the day, your blood sugar levels will plummet so bad once your liver glycogen stores run out, usually by the afternoon, you will want to stuff yourself with every frikin thing that looks even remotely sweet. and this kicks off a vicious insulin cycle of sugar high, sugar crash, more gorging.
if you eat healthy foods, you can eat whenever you are hungry. there are no 4 o clock rules.
Roti salan ain’t that bad. I have anda paratha for breakfast and roti salan around 4pm and I ain’t fat all. I even get a hunger pack in the morning. Desi foods can be modified to have a low glycemic index. You should eat whole wheat roti instead of that white roti and don’t use too much ghee or oil in your salans.
The key is balancing your calorie intake and expenditure.
basmati rice is pretty good in terms of glycemic index. it isn’t a simple carb.
even the worst kind of rice is only a problem if you eat rice just by itself. mix in a third to half of something like daal and a side of any veg stirfry, and your meal is pretty good - no rapid blood sugar peaking, keeps you full long.
healthy foods aren’t all that esoteric. its mostly about eating like your grandparents did.
hmmm…I’m going to try this. A handful of rice with daal and sabzi and chicken. :k: I know in gourmet dishes they use rice in very little amount…I’m (and I bet a lot of other desis) used to of eating rice in paraats/thaals.
but i want to say a couple of things, fruit isn’t exactly healthy carb for diabetics, its loaded with simple sugar (fructose usually). fruits are also rich in antioxidants and fiber too, which are absolutely essential for the health of your GI tract, cancer prevention etc, but fruit isn’t considered “healthy carb” to pig out on if someone has diabetes or is trying to lose weight.
i rarely eat rice…and when i eat rice i eat only with daal…
I eat rice once in a week or twice.